Martyn Lloyd-Jones Preaching Versus Teaching January 16, 2017 As I instruct students in homiletics, one of the distinctions I try to help them see is that of preaching versus teaching. Clearly, pastors must do both, and there is a great deal
Church A Congregant's Guide to Preaching November 29, 2016 As I was browsing my book shelves the other day I discovered that I have just over thirty books whose primary subject is the study of preaching. Aside, perhaps, from Charles Spurgeon, that
Counseling The Relationship of Preaching to Pastoral Counseling November 21, 2016 In Colossians 1:28, the Apostle Paul states, “We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.” The goal
1 Corinthians 13 Christian Love October 28, 2016 In his wonderful book, Christian Love [http://www.wtsbooks.com/christian-love-hugh-binning-9780851518701?utm_source=kborg&utm_medium=blogpartners] , Scottish theologian and pastor Hugh Binning wrote: "In [love] a Christian should be like
Congregation Help! My Congregation Struggles With My Preaching July 19, 2016 In a previous post [https://gentlereformation.com/2016/06/10/help-i-struggle-with-my-pastors-preaching/] I wrote about the real spiritual crisis some people have with regard to their pastor's preaching. Wanting to be fed,
mind Preaching to the Mind July 04, 2016 Sometimes we preachers fail in the pulpit simply because we forget what we are up against. We think if we are just pleasant enough or clever enough or loud enough, certainly we will
Church Help! I Struggle With My Pastor's Preaching June 10, 2016 Call me an old school Presbyterian but in my estimation there is nothing as important as the preaching of God's Word. I don't think it was overbold for PT
Bible Bungling My Way Through Romans April 08, 2016 As a young seminarian I was told: “You would be crazy to try and preach through the book of Romans without twenty years of pastoral experience.” I trust there is probably wisdom in
Audio Sermons To Listen or Not To Listen: Audio Sermons February 11, 2016 We live in a day of instant access. Digital media has made most things available to us with a single click. This, of course, has brought untold benefits. We have more opportunities and
Martyn Lloyd-Jones Qualities of Urgency in Preaching Seen in Peter's Pentecost Sermon September 07, 2015 Martyn Lloyd-Jones once stated to preachers, “You are not simply imparting information, you are dealing with souls, you are dealing with pilgrims on the way to eternity, you are dealing with matters not
Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sacrifices by Fire June 01, 2015 I knew the day would come. My life like yours is becoming increasingly a digital one. I am moving more and more away from filing papers to storing items electronically. I knew one
An Earnest Ministry Preaching Earnestly October 27, 2014 In his classic work An Earnest Ministry: The Want of the Times [http://www.amazon.com/An-Earnest-Ministry-Want-Times/dp/0851516572], John Angell James has much to offer the preacher in taking a sense of
Humor The Humorless Pulpit February 13, 2014 I have a word for you preachers out there. Humor has no place in the pulpit. Especially Reformed ones. I am so serious. I am not joking. Some guys like to refer to
Authority Preaching with Authority October 23, 2013 Every preacher who stands behind a pulpit or on a street corner should desire to preach with authority. He should hope that when people hear him that they are rather hearing God speaking
Christ Paul's Agony May 17, 2013 Christian conversation about pastoral ministry often includes the expression “a pastor’s heart,” but what does that expression actually mean? Though Scripture may not use the exact phrase in question, it absolutely answers
preaching Sermonic Echoes April 23, 2013 During my seminary days attending Covenant Fellowship Church in Pittsburgh, I was blessed to sit under the preaching of Pastor Ken Smith [http://gentlereformation.org/2013/03/12/a-genref-podcast-interview-with-rosaria-butterfield-ken-smith/] . We witnessed people being
Eric Alexander The Goal of Gospel Preaching November 27, 2012 Too often the pastor, in writing his sermon for the Lord's Day, falls into the thinking that the goal of his preparation is just getting the message done. That's